Improving cost effectiveness of irrigation zoning for salinity mitigation by introducing offsets

Water Resources Management

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2085-2100

  Spencer, Thomas ^a   Ancev, Tihomir ^a   Connor, Jeff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Irrigation; Offsets; Salinity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES; HIGH SALINITY; IMPACT ZONES; LOW SALINITY; OFFSETS; SALINITY; SPATIAL LOCATION;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; LAND USE; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; ZONING;

IRRIGATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCENTIVE; IRRIGATION; SALINITY; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY; ZONING POLICY;

EID: 67650394032     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-008-9371-4     Document Type: Article

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